Safety-deposit bank



W. R. PARSONS.

SAFETY DEPOSIT BANK.

APPLwATloN FILED ocT. 7. 1912.

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W. R. PARSONS.

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APPLICATION FILED ocr. 7. 1912.

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WINSLOW R. PARSONS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY-DEPOSIT BANK.

Patented Auw'. 8, 19H5.

Application led October 7, 1912. Serial No. 724,296.

To all cti/0m it may concern Be it known that l, VVINsLow R. PARSONS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, liave invented certain new andy useful Improvements in Safety-Deposit Banks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to improvements inv safety deposit banks heretofore consisting of a coin receptacle into which coins are introduced through a slot directly through the wall of one of its sides, or a hinged locked cover inwardly adjacent from which slot, balls have been provided in efforts to prevent extraction through the coin 'slot of coins deposited in the receptacle.

The object of this invention is to provide the cover with a hinged portion so connected and spa-ced from the fixed portion as to by their separation provide an intermediate coin sl'ot,'cXtending substantially the entire width of the coin receptacle, tl-nough which F coins of the largest, as well as the smallest size and value may be freely passed and deposited, in the receptacle.

further, and important object ofthis invention is toY close the coin slot against the passage of coins therethrough from the coin receptacle by one or more stops operating by gravity in advance of the contact of a coin therewith, and between which and the coin there can be no rolling movement j such as occurs with the use of gravity opinvention is to have in the discharge end ofY a. coin receiving slot gravitating stopsof a form automatically tending to shift the coin to the base thereof, 'and to be maintained below the top of the stop and as a result preventing the possibility of the' coin passing over tl e stop into the co'in slot whence it may be extracted.

A further object of this invention is to reduce the number of parts and particularly to promote the simplicity of the construetion of the joints between, and the asseinblage of the several parts necessary in forming the. cover and its adjuncts for a safety deposit bank. for the purposes herein described.

lith these vends in view, my invention finds embodiment in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts by which the said objects and certain other objects are hereinafter attained, all as fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In said drawings: Figure l represents a vertical section on the line l--l of Fig. 2 of a safety deposit bank in which my invention and inventions find embodiment. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2Q of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 `of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one or any number of gravitating stops for the coin slot or passage. Fig. 5 is a similar section to that shown in Fig. l but with ythe bank in a tilted upside-down position, indicating the position of gravitating stop and a coin in contact therewith in efforts to remove a coin deposited in the bank. Fig. (i is a` detail transverse section on the line. (5w-t3 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail side elevation showing the means for securing together the several parts forming the cover, and Fig. S is a detail section on the line S-S of Fig. 7.

Similar characters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the drawing.

9 indicates a receptacle for the deposit 0f coins, which, as shown in the drawing, is oval inv cross-section, but may be of any other form and outline commonly employed for receptacles of this character, and is preferablyy formed of a single piece of upset sheet metal.

The closure of the receptacle is by means of a section cover consisting of a hinged member l0, and a fixed member ll connected by a hinged construction hereinafter described, and adapted in their completed form to fit within the receptacle 9 and secured thereto by means of a rivet l2 passing through the section ll and through an angle bracket plate 13, the leg 14 of which is secured to the end' wall of the receptacle by a rivet 15, which bracket, however, may be if desired, a leg bent from and at a right angle to the cover.

Secured to the underside of the opposite and free end of this fixed cover is a plate 16,

by means of one or more rivets 17, which plate is provided with legs 18 and as a whole constitutes a U-shaped bracket suspended from the cover in whichis hingedthe movable cover 10 provided with pintles 19, projecting therefrom into perforations in the legs 1S, as indicated, which hinge connection is sufficiently below the plate 16 to providel a coin slot opening extending entirely across the receptacle and also of a depth pro viding for 'the introduction therethrough of the thickest and widest of coins.

Legs 18 are connected by a channel bar 20, forming in connection with the plate 16 the bottom of a coin chute and a support for vcoins as they pass from the hinged member into the receptacle, and also a seat for the cones hereinafter' described, preventing the extraction of coins from the receptacle through the coin slo't.

The coin supporting bar 20 preferably consists of sheet metal, the inner flange 21 of which is bent therefrom on a curve to facilitate the discharge of coins therefrom into the receptacle its outer flange 22 by a right angular bend from which projects a hori- Zonta] flange 23 directly beneath the hinge of the movable member 10, and in such a re lation thereto as to conceal from external View the cones and mainly effectually preventing the introduction of any implement at that point which might be otherwise employed forso manipulating the cones that there may be a felonious extraction of coins in the receptacle through the coin passage and out of the coin slot.

The coin passage 1s made tortuous by a.

coin receiving plate 24 of the same form and size as the fixed cover 11, the forward end of which receiving plate is also secured to the legs 18 in a plane below and likewise extending the width of the coin receptacle, thereby forming a chute through which the coin must pass before discharging from the plate Q4 into the receptacle.

Directly beneath and in line with the channel of the bar 20 the plate 24: is provided with perforations, the walls 25 of which are in the form of a truncated cone forming seats for cones 26, and their projection therefrom, which seats are preferably formed by forcing the metal to a flanged form in punching the holes therethrough of a size that when the cones are seated, the surface of the base will be flush with that of the plate 2,4-, in order, however, that the cones may not fit their seats so tightly as to stick therein, there is also secured to the underside of and connecting the I 60` lower ends of the legs 18 a pocket 27 formed of a trough-like piece of metal 28, the length of which may be substantially that of the width of the receptacle, the walls of which pocket form a stop maintaining the co-nes in so loose contact with their seats that they as and for the purpose as hereinafter explained.

As a simple, convenient and cheap means of construction for connecting the several parts hereinbefore described with the legs 18, and by which they may be locked a gai: accidental detachment, when the cover is in its operative position, it will now be observed that an important feature of' my invention is in using legs consisting of flexible sheet metal, which may be sprung apart sufficiently for introducing `and then closing upon their several members supported by them without the employment of fastenings other than are integral'with the le'gs and with those members.

At their ends (see Figs. 7 and 8) the opposings legs are each provided with a transverse perforation 29 adapted to receive and sustain corresponding lugs 30 integrally formed on the bar 2O by stamping out a por# tion of the metal thereof for that portion.

Below the perforation 29 and in a plane' with the adjacent end of the coin receiving plate 24, the opposing side edges of both of the legs 18 are slotted as indicated at 31,l

with the width of these slots corresponding to the thickness ofthe plate 24, which is slotted at' both ends to form tongues 32, projecting into said notches, and also tongues 33 projecting from the walls 2S of the pocket Q7, all of which tongues, as before stated are integral with their respective members, and

therefore of the simplest and cheapest pos-` sible construction, and of the strength necessary for durability.

On the underside of the free end of the hinged cover 10 and secured thereto by rivets 34, is a latch case 35, the mechanism of which may be of any well known construction operated by a key, not shown, passing through a key-hole 36 through the cover and the top of the case to projectthe bolt 37 thereof into and withdraw it from a slot 38 in a plate 39, secured by rivets 40 passing therethrough and the end wall of the receptacle.

That portion of the cover adjacent .the latch case is preferably in the same plane, that is to say parallel to the edge of the receptacle between which, however, and the coin slot the cover is downwardly inclined as indicated at 41. in order that a coin laid or dropped therein will slide by gravity, down the cover through the coin slot upon the coin supporting bar 20, and thereby facilitate the introduction of the coin through the slot and also, as before described, to provide a slot opening between the fixed and movable members of the cover.

With the movable cover locked as above described, and the cones seated. as shown in Fig. 1, a coin placed or dropped upon the incline 4l of the movable cover will slide by gravity down the incline upon the coin supporting bar 20, and preferably with a momentum suicient to carry it entirely across the bar when it will drop upon the coin receiving plate E24, which if sufficiently inclined will then cause the coin by its gravity to descend across the cone out of the adjacent end of the coin slot into the receptacle, but if not so inclined, then by slightly lifting or tilting upwardly the forward end of the receptacle.

The assembled cover not only closely fits between the walls of the receptacle, but is fastened therein in the position indicated in the drawing by rivet 15, and also by one or more rivets 42 passed through the legs 18.

lllhen it is desired to consecutively or simultaneously direct a number of coins in this manner to the plate 24, and it is not sufliciently inclined fo-r their gravity to carry them out of the inner end of the coin slot into the receptacle, then an accumulated number of coins may be simultaneously discharged into the receptacle by tilting upwardly the forward end to discharge the accumulated coins into the receptacle.

lin efforts to extract a coin from the receptacle through the coin slot it is found in practice wherein cones are employed as herein described, that no movement of the receptacle in turning it upside down with that purpose in view, can be made that will not seat the cones against the channel bar before the coins can be brought to contact with the cones, with the result that it is impossible for the operator, however quick his movements of the receptacle may be, to furnish any force which can possibly cause a coin to be projected between the base of the cone and the bar. and much more to entirely pass the co-ne into the coin chute. In this connection it should be understood from the foregoing operation and results obtained by the employment of cones, that my invention is not limited to the use of cones specifically, but includes polygonal and other forms of bodies adapted to seat by gravity in their pockets in a plane with, or below the bottom surface of a coin chute `when introducing coins to the receptacle, and which at the same time are provided with a flat surface, which when supported by an opposing fixed surface, such for example as has the bar 20, will prevent the escape of a` coin between said surfaces regardless of any movement or shifting of the receptacle, force or movement imparted to the coins in efforts to discharge them from the receptacle into or through the coin chute. One 0f the advantages, however, due to the use of cones in the coin slot, is as indicated. in Fig. 5, that in efforts to extract the coin from the receptacle on turning the bank upside down, the incline surface of the cone tends to direct the coin away from the base toward its apex, and if the coin be a heavy one, orthe force exerted by it be great enough, it will simply tilt the cone on its base until its point strikes against the seat 25 of the cone, and which therefore, makes it practical and possible to omit the use of the flanges of the channel bar, the purpose of which is principally to give a direct movement of the cone therefrom to its seat by confining its base against a tilting of the cone possibly cansing it to stick between the opposing top and bottom walls of the chute.

The advantage of employing in a coin chute a gravitating cone or other form of body having a fiat base as compared with the use of balls heretofore employed, will be more fully appreciated by bearing in mind that when the edge of a coin strikes the upper half of a ball, the curvature of the latter will cause the coin by its gravity to descend toward and against the base of the ball, that there is a constant tendency of of a ball to revolve on its seat, and that therefore, when the coin is pressing against the base or lower half of a ball, the force thereby exerted, whether produced by the gravity of the coin,or an additional force tends, and will shift the ball upwardly into its pocket, and thereby permit the coin to pass under the ball into the coin chute. rllhe result of this is that in the hands of skilful inanipulators balls cannot, and do not prevent the extraction of coins from the coin receptacle through a coin chute, and it was because of these objections to balls that led to the discovery of the invention herein described, of a form of devices in the coin slot making it absolutely impossible, as herein described, to feloniously or otherwise rob a locked bank of coins after depositing them in the coin receptacle.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle provided with a sectional cover, consisting of a fixed scction, a movable section, and a pivot connecting said sections, the adjacent ends of which sections are located in differing planes, and thereby providing a coin slot between said sections, extending substantially the width of the receptacle.

2. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin ii'eceptacle` a sectional cover therefor, one section of which is fixed and the other movable, the adjacent ends of which sections are in differing planes, and a hinge connection between said sections in plane below the fixed section.

3. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a cover therefor, consisting of a hinged member, and a fixed member, a coin supporting bar projecting inwardly beyond the end of the hinged member, and a coin receiving plate substantially conforming in area to that of the fixed member receiving coins from said supporting bar.

A. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a sectional cover, one section of which cover is fixed to the receptacle, and the other section is movable therein, a hinge connection between said sections, projecting inwardly in a plane below the fixed section, whereby the hinge section may be swung to and from a locking position in the receptacle, a coin receiving plate, and a coin supporting bar intermediate the fixed section of the cover, and the coin receiving plate.

5. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a` cover composed of fixed and movable members, a hinge connection between the adjacent ends of said members, in a plane below the fixed member, a coin receiving platel in a plane below both of said members secured to the fixed member, and to the walls of the receptacle, and provided with seats, a. plurality of gravitating,

cones adapted to be supported upon and project through said seats, and means between said cones and the coin slot supporting said concs in a position projecting them across the coin slot, when the receptacle is in an upside down position, substantially as described.

6. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a cover consisting ofI fixed and movable members, a hinge connection between the adjacent ends of said members, in a plane below the fixed member, a coin receiving plate in a plane below both of said members, secured to the fixed member, and to the walls of the receptacle, and provided with seats, a plurality of gravitating cones adapted to be supported upon and projected through said seats, a coin slot, means between said cones and coin slot supporting said cones in a position projecting them across the coin slot when the receptacle is in an upside down position, and a pocket for said cones, the walls of which provide a stop limiting the degree of seating and maintaining the cones loosely upon their seats.

7. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a covei therefor, consisting of a fixed member and a hinged movable member, means for locking said hinged member in its closed position in the receptacle, a pivot therefor, means connecting the hinged member with the fixed member of the cover, and providing an adjacent slot between and extending the width of the adjacent ends of said member.

S. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a two part cover, one part of which is fixed, and the other movable, a U-shaped bracket secured to the underside of the xed member, a pivot connection between said fixed member and movable member of the cover in a plane below the fixed cover, a coin supporting bar connecting the legs of said bracket in a plane substantially that of the adjacent end of the hinged cover-member, a coin receiving plate in a plane below said bar having openings therein provided with truncated seats therein, gravitating concs adapted to be seated therein in a plane substantially with said plate, a stop limiting the seating contact of said cones, whereby on turning the receptacle toward an upside down position the cones are unseated, then supported by the bar in a position closing the coin chute between said bar and plate against access thereto of coins in the receptacle.

9. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a sectional cover, one section of which is fixed and the other movable, flexible legs connected with the fixed section, provided with opposing slots, and a coin supporting bar in a plane `substantially below the iixed section, provided at its ends with integral 'tongues adapted to fit said slots and to be inserted at their operative position by springing apart said legs and a number of cones adapted to seat by yg avity against said bar for and when closing the coin passage.

10. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a sectional cover, one section of which is in a plane above the other, flexible legs suspended from the upper section and provided with notches in the side edges thereof, a coin receiving plate, a number of cones seated therein and projecting therethrough, said plate being provided with tongues adapted to register' with and project into said edge notches.

1l. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a cover consisting of a fixed member and a movable member, a coin slot and passage between said members, flexible legs depending from said fixed member provided with notches in the longitudinal edges thereof, a coin receiving plate, a number of gravitating cones seated and projecting below said plate, and a pocket member, the wall of which is adapted to form a stop for the gravitating cones limiting their' seating contact, said plate and pocket member being provided with tongues projecting into theedge slots in the flexible legs.

12. A safety deposit bank comprising in combination a coin receptacle, a cover therefor composed of a iixed and a movable member, the adjacent end of one of which members is in a plane below the other member, flexible legs dependingl from the iixed member. a hinged connection between said legs and the movable member, said legsvbeing provided With slots in a plane substantia-ily with the hinged end of the movable member of the cover, and with notches in its longitudinal edges in a plane below said slots, :t coin supporting bar provided with tongues projecting through the slots, a coin receiving plate and a pocket member depending below said plete provided with tongues itting in said notches, a number l0 of cones sented in the plate projecting therel/VINSLOW R. PARSONS.

l/Vtnesses MILDRED ELSNER, JNO. G. ELLIOTT.

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